---
id: 657e76d866ebcec0e44d0748
title: Task 29
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-29
---

<!-- (Audio) Jake: I haven't been on a bike since I was a kid. -->

# --description--

In the Present Perfect Tense, to form a negative sentence, you insert `not` directly after `have` or `has`. This construction allows you to express actions and events that have not taken place recently.

For example, if Jake wishes to express that a significant amount of time has passed since his last bicycle ride, he could say, `I have not been on a bike since I was a child.`.

In this sentence, the combination of the verb `have` and `not` can also be abbreviated to `haven't`: `I haven't been on a bike since I was a child.`


# --question--

## --text--

Select the correct sentence that represents a negative statement in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

## --answers--

`I have been on a bike since I was a kid.`

### --feedback--

The sentence is positive, not negative.

---

`I haven't been on a bike since I was a kid.`

---

`I have been on a bike when I was a kid.`

### --feedback--

The sentence structure is not correct for expressing the absence of an action or situation.

---

`I haven't been on a bike for I was a kid.`

### --feedback--

The sentence structure is not correct for expressing the absence of an action or situation.

## --video-solution--

2

# --scene--

```json
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      {
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        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "3.2-2.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 30.74,
      "finishTimestamp": 32.78
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Jake",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Jake",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.04,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I haven't been on a bike since I was a kid.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Jake",
      "opacity": 0,
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    }
  ]
}
```
